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procon

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26. Where have you been for the past 14 years?

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 02:51 PM

Aug 2017

Although no one knows his name, the photo of the "Get A BRAIN! MORAN" guy proudly posing with his misspelled sign, has risen to the fabled status of an American folk icon. Maybe you're new to Democratic politics, but the iconic photo of the "Moran Man" was taken in 2003, and it has appeared on the Internet in countless millions liberal blogs and forums everywhere Republicans are ridiculed as idiots. If you want to call yourself a Democrat then you need to know these important symbols, and now you do.

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Those Nazi haircuts these creeps wear are called "fashies" [View all] obamanut2012 Aug 2017 OP

Seriously? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #1

Oh, some already do obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #2

Strange, I was just thinking how that haircut used to be a gay identifier Coventina Aug 2017 #5

That's actually what I thought it was.. HipChick Aug 2017 #9

I know -- it's horribly ironic obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #13

A "gay identifier"? cwydro Aug 2017 #20

Well, it might not have been universal, but in my community it was. Coventina Aug 2017 #21

I don't think they were labeling these guys gay. At all. pnwmom Aug 2017 #69

Same haircut the Hitler Youth used to wear, if we're talking about the same thing WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2017 #32

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I've heard them called "Hitler Youths" as well. sweetloukillbot Aug 2017 #36

It really is about time they do. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #3

I went to high school with a boy named Adolph. He was born here, in PA, in 1946. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #12

I just read that the murderer DID wear his hair and grew a mustache that BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4

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It's morans. I don't have the photo, but many here on du have it. Show him du'ers. shraby Aug 2017 #7

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No, it is moran, not moron obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #16

Lol! cwydro Aug 2017 #22

... spanone Aug 2017 #28

You probably think door buzzard is wrong too, don't you? lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #51

The door buzzard is never wrong. Coventina Aug 2017 #55

The Moran guy had a TERRIBLE haircut, by the way. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #61

Well, you've only been here for a short while, so for you I will take the time to explain: ret5hd Aug 2017 #8

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Where have you been for the past 14 years? procon Aug 2017 #26

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Oh, yes... uhuh, definitely. 😜 LOL nt procon Aug 2017 #33

I apologize to you, friend, and honestly peacebuzzard Aug 2017 #37

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I'm extremely grateful somebody explained this cyclonefence Aug 2017 #35

No, i'd wager that everyone who was here during the Dubya years got the reference right away Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #58

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I wouldn't worry about it too much. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #60

. WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2017 #30

Omg! Rolle auf dem boden lachen! unblock Aug 2017 #57

How am I feeding a stereotype-- THEY call it that obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #14

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Grammar Alt Right. Iggo Aug 2017 #45

Um, that would be "lets" not "let's" cwydro Aug 2017 #15

hahahahaha obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #17

Too busy casting asparagus to punctuate properly suffragette Aug 2017 #43

Lol! cwydro Aug 2017 #44

An oldie but a goodie. Always got a great visual from that one. suffragette Aug 2017 #63

Howsabout when Tom Delay a.k.a. The Bugman got sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #66

Didn't see that one. I remember when someone had a website promoting Delay and thought suffragette Aug 2017 #67

I wonder if it's archived. sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #70

or, maybe it's a lack of morels. Coventina Aug 2017 #47

Hmmmm...Morels... MineralMan Aug 2017 #62

Morels make the best ethical stew. suffragette Aug 2017 #64

+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #48

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Lots of men do. That's not the haircut the OP is talking about. nt pnwmom Aug 2017 #68

Does that make Macklemore's 'do an "antifashie"? Ken Burch Aug 2017 #11

lol obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #18

I learned that here yesterday. MuseRider Aug 2017 #23

Trump's got a feathered fashie Blue Owl Aug 2017 #25

That explains the weird hairstyles of Qusay and Uday Trump. procon Aug 2017 #34

Eric's had a new do for a couple of months TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #39

Awww...Little Ewic twied to cut his own hair again... Ken Burch Aug 2017 #41

Don't know if anybody else noticed this, but on Law & Order: SVU, Ken Burch Aug 2017 #40

Pretty boys! Pretty boys! Awwwk! They think they're chic. sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #65

Probably a busy day at the barber shop tomorrow... hexola Aug 2017 #27

i wondered that, too obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2017 #29

What all good Nazis are wearing today. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 #38

What is the fascination bdamomma Aug 2017 #50

I refuse to call it a "fashy". Too glib for my taste. ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #52

I thought Spicer had the hair style to pull off a SS uniform. Thomas Hurt Aug 2017 #54